Thunbergia erecta

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 Thunbergia erecta subsp. var.  Bush Clock Vine, King's Mantle
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Habit: shrub
Height: to
Width: to
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Height: 6 ft to 8 ft
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Lifespan: perennial
Origin:
Poisonous:
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Exposure: sun
Water:
Features: flowers
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USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Sunset Zones:
Flower features: blue, purple
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Thunbergia erecta is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant species in the genus Thunbergia native to western Africa.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Thunbergia erecta, T. Anders. (Meyenia erecta, Benth.). Shrub, 2-4 ft. high, with loose spreading branches, half-erect: lvs. opposite, petiolate, ovate or subrhomboid, smooth, entire or sinuate-toothed: fls. solitary on axillary peduncles; calyx cut into 12-14 short teeth, concealed by the large bracts; corolla funnelform; tube curved, deep yellow within; limb purple, l 1/2 - 2 in. across, of 5 subrotund obcordate lobes. Trop. W. Afr. —A greenhouse shrub, producing fls. freely at almost any season. Grows in the open in Fla. Not a climber. Var. alba, Hort. Fls. white. Var. caerulea, Hort. Fls. large, intense violet, with orange throat. CH


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